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 A. D. 1757* Anno tricelimo Georgii 11. C. 32; 113 VII. Provided always, That no Aflenment, Rate or Tax, fliall be made, co]le(^Gd or levied, upon, High lands not for or in refped of any High Lands, within the Boundaries aforefaid, not fubject to Inundations -, and if to ije charged. any biTpute (hall ariie, whether any of fuch Lands ought to be deemed High Lands, the fame (hall be determined by five or more of the faid Commiflioners, at any of their faid Meetings ; but in cafe they fiiall ^"„^Q-^g° jn'/,7 not determine fuch Difpute within three Months after they fhali be requefted fo to do, or if any Perfon or Perfons ihall think, himfelf, herfelf or themfelves, aggrieved by fuch Determination of the faid Com- hn'flioners, then it Ihail and may be lawful for him, her or them, to apply and appeal to the Juftices of the Peace, or the major Part of them, at their General Quarter-Seflion of the Peace, or Adjournment thereof, to be holden for the aforefaid Divifion of the faid County of Norfolk, within fix Months nfter fuch Difpute or Determination (hall happen j which faid Juftices fliall and may adjourn fuch Difpute and Appeal to any other Seflion of the Peace for the faid Divifion of the faid County, and finally determine the fame at any of the faid SefTions, and give fuch Cofts to either Party as they fhall think, rea- fonabie. ' VIII. And forafmuch as the faid Money fo to be rated, levied, coUeded, and gathered as aforefaid, Commi/Tioners to ' will not be fufficient to defray the immediate Expence of altering, removing, rebuilding, or repairing borrow Money f Drains, Dams, Outlets, and other Works, and erecting fuch Engines and other Works as will be ne- f'Ceflary for draining, and for the fpeedy Improvement of the faid Fen Lands, and Low Grounds Be Money not to be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Commiflioners, or any kvcn or more of °"°'*^ h"' ^^ the.m, fliall and may, and are hereby impowered, from time to time, to borrow any Sum or Sums of fng^ andVot'^by Money which they fhall think neceflary, for altering, removing, rebuilding, or repairing the faid Engines, lefs than 7 Com- Gools, or other Works already erected, and the making, carrying on, and preferving the faid Works ; miflioneis. nnd by Writing under their Hand and Seals, to affign over the faid Rates, Taxes, and Sums of Money above mentioned to be affcfTed, rated, taxed, and charged as aforefaid, or any Part thereof (the Cofts and Charges of which Aflignments fliall be borne and paid out of the faid Tax) for any fuch Time or Times, or Number of Years, and in fuch Manner and Form, as to the faid Commiflioners, or any iev^n for more of them fliall feem meet, as a Security for any Sum or Sums of Money by them to be borrowed for that Purpofe, to fuch Perfon or Perfons, or their Truftees, who fliall advance and lend the fame, to fecurfe the Repayment thereof, with Interefl:, not exceeding {q Founds per CeatN/.i per /^nnnm ; which ■^PP'^^t'on of faid Money fo borrowed fliall be applied, in the firft Place, to pay and difcharge the Charges and Ex- ^'^'^ ^""^i'* pences of obtaining this A61 of Parliament, and then fliall be applied and difpofed of in altering, remov- ing, rebuilding or repairing any of the Engines, Gools or other Works already erected, and in making fuch new Banks, Cuts, Drains, Dams, Outlets and other Works, and erecting fuch Engines and othter Works as aforefaid, for the effecting the draining and improving the faid Fen Lands, and Low Grounds dcfcribed as aforefaid, and to be applied and difpofed of to no other Ufe or Purpofe whatfocver. ■ IX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe Default fliall be made by any Commi/rioners Perfon or Perfons fo afTefTed, rated, taxed and charged as aforefaid, in his, her or their refpedtive Pay- "^^y diftrain for imcnts,' fo' to be afTefTed and rated, and appointed to be made as aforefaid, by the Space of twenty Days ^*'^** aftc? the Time limited for the Payment thereof, and Demand made by the Collector or Colledors, Re- ceiver or Receivers, to be appointed as aforefaid, by leaving Notice in Writing of fuch Demand, at the moft nrtorious Part of the Premifles, charged wirh the Sum or Sums fo aflefled and rated, or at the ufu.;! or laft Place of Abode of the Perfon or Perfons who is, are or ought to pay the fame, or at the Door of the Church of JPlggcnhall Sa'mt Mary Magdalen zioxz^^id ^ it fhall and maybe lawful to and for fuch Collector or Collectors, Receiver or Receivers, or for any other Perfon or Perfons, by Virtue of any Warrant or Precept under the Hands and Seals of any two or more of the faid Commiflioners (which faid Vv^ arrant or Precept fuch Commiflioners or any two or more of them are hereby impowered, from time to time to make, as Occafion fliall require) to diftrain any Goods, Chattels or Cattle of any Perfon Or Perfons making Default in his, her or their refpcctive Payments as aforefaid, wherever the fame fliall be found ; and alfo any Goods, Chattels or Cattle that fliall be found upon the faid Grounds and Pre- milles fo charged with any fuch Sum or Sums of Money ; and the Goods, Chattels and Cattle fo diftrain- 6d, to keep for the Space of five Days, at the Cofts and Charges of the Owner or Owners thereof, leav- ing Notice in Writing of the Caufe of fuch Diftrcfs at the Dv/elling-houfe, or fome other notorious Part of the faid Grounds and PremifTes, and to caufe the fame to be appraifed and fold, as hereafter mention- ed ; and if the faid Owner or Owners fliall not pay the Sum or Sums of Money fo aileffed and rated, Diftrer» may be together with the Charges of making fuch Warrant, and taking fuch Diftrefs, and keeping and main- ^pp'*"^'^ ^""^ taining the fame, within the faid five Days, and then the faid Goods, Chattels and Cattle fo diftrained ^^^' *^'" 5 fliall be appraifed by two or more of the Inhabitants of the Parifli where the fame fhall be taken, or other ^^'' fuflicient'Perfons, and be fold by the faid Collc6tor or Collectors, Receiver or Receivers, for Payment of die faid Money fo aficfi: d and rated, and alio of the faid Charges, and likewife of the Charges of ap- praifing and felling fuch Diftrefs, and the Overplus com.ing by fuch Sale (if any be) over and above the Sum or Sums fo rated and aflefled, and the aforefaid Charges fliall be returned, on Demand, to the Owner or Owners thereof j and the feveral and refpeftive Occupier and Occupiers of all and fingular the faid '^^"^"'5 tc P^y Fen Lands and Low Grounds fo bounded and defcribed as aforefaid, which fliall be allefied or rated deduct The ^faL by Virtue of this A6v, are hereby required and authorized to pay fuch Sum and Sums of Money as fliall out ofiheRents.' be fo aftcfled and rated upon fuch Fen Lands and Low Grounds} and to deduft^out of the R.ent fo much of the faid Affefiinent or Rate as the faid Fen Lands or J-«ow Grounds, or Occupier or Oc- VoL. VliL Q. ^ ' * cupiers
 * any of the Engines, Gools, or other Works already erected, and making fuch new Banks, Cuts, °" '^^ ^^'